<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Dear friends,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Please find below the program for the forthcoming International Symposium “Heritage and Culture of Timor-Leste.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This symposium will be held in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i>, Dili, between the 14<sup>th</sup> and the 17<sup>th</sup> of October. Associated to this event, an exhibition on the “Rock Art of East Timor” will be on display in the same venue until mid-November.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Both the symposium and the exhibition are organised by the Office of the State Secretariat of Culture and National Directorate of Culture. They aim at showcasing some of the best examples of cultural heritage assets and projects we are currently engaged with – or aspire at engaging with. The symposium will bring together national and international experts on culture and cultural heritage management in Timor-Leste and hopefully will allow a fertile discussion between cultural agents, Government, non-Government Organisations and other interested parties.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">A cultural fair in the courtyard of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i> will be opened to the public between the 15<sup>th</sup> and the 17<sup>th</sup> of October.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">For any additional information, please do not hesitate in contacting me or Mr. Lucas Serrão Lopes at <a href="mailto:lucas1835@yahoo.com">lucas1835@yahoo.com</a>. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Kind regards,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Nuno</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
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color:#404040;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-themetint:191;mso-ansi-language:PT">Assessor/Adviser Secretaria de Estado da Cultura<br> Ministério da Educação, Rua de Vila Verde, Dili<br> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">República Democrática de Timor-Leste</b><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="color:#404040"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="color:#404040">International Symposium <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF TIMOR-LESTE</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="color:#404040">AND <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="color:#404040">Exhibition <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">ROCK ART OF EAST TIMOR</i></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:
center;line-height:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i>, Dili, 14-17 October 2009</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">14, AFTERNOON<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">17:00 – Registration and Opening of Cultural Fair</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">19:00 – Opening of the exhibition “Rock Art of East Timor” (Exhibition room, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i>)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal">20:00 – DINNER AND LIVE MUSIC (Inner Yard, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Casa Europa</i>)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">15, MORNING<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">8:00 – Traditional Reception</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">8:15 – National Anthem, Hadahur School of Music</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">8:30 – Welcome speech to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i> by His Excellency the Ambassador of the European Commission to Timor-Leste, Juan Carlos Rey,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">8:45 – Welcome speech to the Symposium by His Excellency the State Secretary for Culture, Virgílio Simith,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">9:00 – Official opening of the Symposium by His Excellency the Vice Prime-Minister of Timor-Leste, José Luis Guterres</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">9:20 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">A National Policy for Culture in Timor-Leste</i> – Virgílio Simith, State Secretary for Culture</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">9:40 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Major cultural projects in the Ministry of Education of Timor-Leste</i> – Cecília Assis, National Director of Culture</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">10:00 – COFFEE-BREAK</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><u>THEME 1: Intangible Cultural Heritage (languages, traditional culture and music)<o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Timor-Leste within the Asia-Pacific region</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">10:30 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Timor-Leste and the Pacific</i> – Ralph Regenvanu (Director, National Council of Culture, Vanuatu)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">10:50 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Timor-Leste and Southeast Asia</i> – Amareswar Galla (Professor in Museum Studies, University of Queensland, Australia)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">11:10 – DISCUSSION</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">12:00 – LUNCH (Inner Yard, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i>)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:
PT">15, AFTERNOON<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="PT" style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:PT"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">Culture of Timor-Leste<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">13:30 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Traditional cultures of Timor-</i>Leste – António Vicente (Diocese of Baucau, Timor-Leste)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">13:45 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Sincretisms: traditional beliefs and the catholic religion in Timor-Leste</i> – Padre Apolinário Guterres (Vicar, Diocese of Dili, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">14:00 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The culture of Timor-Leste seen by a “malai”</i> – Paulo Castro Seixas (Professor of sociology and anthropology, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">14:15 – DISCUSSION<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="PT" style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:PT"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">Music and Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">14:45 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Teaching music in Timor-Leste: potentials and challenges</i> – Ros Dunlop (Musician, Sydney Conservatorium, Australia)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>15:00 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Preserving audiovisual records in East Timor</i> – Max Stahl (Director, Maxh Stahl Audiovisual Centre, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">15:15 – DISCUSSÃO</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">15:45 – PAUSA PARA CAFÉ</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Language and cultural identity (Round-table)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">16:15 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Linguistic Policy: official, national and working languages</i> – Nuno Gomes (Linguist, National Institute of Linguistics, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">16:25 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Language in education</i> – Marie Quinn (Researcher in language and education, Police Training Centre, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">16:35 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Language in the community</i> – João Paulo Esperança (Linguist and translator, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">16:45 – DISCUSSION</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">18:00 – COFFEE-BREAK</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">18:30 – MOVIE: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Hanesan Maibe Ketak-Ketak</i> (David Palazón, Timor-Leste 2009, 56min.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">20:00 – DINNER AND LIVE MUSIC (Inner Yard, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i>)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">16, MORNING<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><u>THEME 2: Moveble and Unmoveble Cultural Heritage<o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span lang="PT" style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:PT"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">Archaeology<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">9:00 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The archaeological heritage of Timor-Leste </i>– Nuno Vasco Oliveira (Archaeologist, adviser to the Secretary of State for Culture, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">9:15 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Rock art in Timor-Leste</i> – Sue O’Connor (Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Archaeology and Natural History, Australian National University)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">9:30 – DISCUSSION<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">10:15 – COFFEE-BREAK<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span lang="PT" style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:PT"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">10:45 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The promotion of handicraft industries</i>– Cecília Fonseca (Program Manager, Alola Foundation, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">11:00 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Arts and artists in Timor-</i>Leste – Iliwatu Danabere (Director, Arte Moris School of Arts, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">11:15 –<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> A curricula for arts and design in Timor-Leste</i> – Tony Fry (Adjunct Professor, Queensland College of Arts, Griffith University, Australia)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">11:30 – DISCUSSION</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">12:00 – LUNCH (Inner Yard, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i>)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:
PT">16, AFTERNOON<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span lang="PT" style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:PT"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">Ethnography and Architecture<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">13:30 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Traditional East Timorese architecture</i> – Eugénio Sarmento (Lia Nain of Samoro, Soibada, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">13:45 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Contemporary architecture and national identity in Timor-Leste</i> – Tânia B. Correia (Architect, Adviser to the Archives and Museum of the Timorese Resistance, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">14:00 – DISCUSSION</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><u>THEME 3: Museums and World Heritage<o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>The National Collection of Timor-Leste</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">14:30 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The history of the National Collection of Timor-Leste</i> – Virgílio Simith (State Secretary for Culture, Timor-Leste)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">14:45 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The former provincial museum of Timor Timur</i> – Wahyu Satpono (Archaeologist, Archaeology Research Centre, Indonesia)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">15:00 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Collections of Timor-Leste in the world</i> – Joanna Barrkman (Curator, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territories, Australia)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="PT" style="mso-ansi-language:PT">15:15 – DISCUSSION<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">15:45 – COFFEE-BREAK</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Living culture and world heritage</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">16:15 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The museum beyond objects </i>– Joaquim Pais de Brito (Director, National Museum of Ethnology, Portugal)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">16:30 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Culture, museums and UNESCO in Timor-Leste</i> – Masanori Nagaoka (UNESCO Jakarta, Indonesia)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">16:45 – DISCUSSION</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">17:45 – Closing of the Symposium by His Excellency the Minister of Education, João Câncio Freitas</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">18:00 –TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCE (Inner Yard, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i>)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">20:00 – DINNER (Inner Yard, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Casa Europa</i>)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">17, MORNING<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">8:00 – Departure of one-day tours</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal">19:00 – Arrival of one-day tours</p>